Natural features
Gásadalur and Múlafossur, Vágar
Vágar
A tiny village on the island of Vágar, beside the Múlafossur waterfall, which drops off a cliff straight into the ocean, with mountains and the islan…
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Natural features
Mykines puffin island
Vágar
The westernmost of the Faroe Islands, home to thousands of puffins and other seabirds in summer.
Natural features
Gjógv
Eiði, Eysturoy
A village of colourful houses on the northern tip of the island of Eysturoy, named after a deep sea-filled gorge that forms a natural harbour, with s…
Historic sites
Saksun
Vestmanna, Streymoy
A tiny village of turf-roofed houses and a white church above a tidal lagoon surrounded by steep mountains on the island of Streymoy.
Historic sites
Tórshavn and Tinganes
Tórshavn, Streymoy
The Faroe Islands' small capital, with Tinganes, a rocky point where the Viking parliament met from around 900 AD, one of the oldest parliamentary si…